I entered the beast’s lair and begged the billionaire recluse to keep my mom’s housekeeping job safe while she recovered from an injury. But I could never have prepared myself for what Gareth Fiori offered me in exchange.

One thing was for certain; turning him down was not an option.

Trapped inside a mansion with a man I barely knew, on hands and knees I scrubbed his floors and obeyed his every command.

He was cruel. He was kind. Some days he blew hot, but mostly he encased his heart in rock-hard ice. And although Gareth was no prince, he became my everything.

My new master has secrets. Ones he most definitely does not want freed into the world. Little does he know that I’ve been a bad girl; I’ve deceived him, too. My motives for being there weren’t as pure as he thought.

I was determined to uncover the truth and break whatever spell he was under no matter what. Even if that meant the fairy tale dissolved into an illusion.